All English tenses in one place: how each one is formed, and what it looks like with to work and to go.
Every English tense is a combination of a time (when) and an aspect (what kind of action). The chart below has one for each direction.
Something before now.
Something now, or generally true.
Something after now.
Something that depends on another condition.
A fact, a habit, or a single action.
An action in progress, going on for a time.
An action finished before a certain point.
An action going on up to a certain point.
Zeit (Spalten): Past = Vergangenheit, Present = Gegenwart, Future = Zukunft, Conditional = Bedingungsform (würde).
Aspekt (Zeilen): Simple = einfache Form, Continuous = Verlaufsform (ist gerade am …), Perfect = abgeschlossene Handlung, Perfect continuous = eine Handlung, die bis zu einem Zeitpunkt andauert.
Click a cell to see the full pattern with example sentences below.
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Past participle: regular verbs = infinitive + -ed; irregular verbs = 3rd form (e.g. gone).